Spike Lee. Robin Lopez

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New York Knicks center Robin Lopez, left, greets film director Spike Lee before an NBA basketball game between the New York Knicks and the Miami Heat at Madison Square Garden in New York, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016. Lee, an honorary Oscar winner this year, opted to not attend Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony after a second straight year of all-white acting nominees prompted industry-wide scrutiny.

New York Knicks center Robin Lopez, left, greets film director Spike Lee before an NBA basketball game between the New York Knicks and the Miami Heat at Madison Square Garden in New York, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016. Lee, an honorary Oscar winner this year, opted to not attend Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony after a second straight year of all-white acting nominees prompted industry-wide scrutiny.